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  • Gay F. Nelson


    Hey!

    1 year ago
  • Last Match Recordings

    Great gig last night guys - had a great time.
    Chris - LMR / The Autumn Sails

    1 year ago
  • Found At Sea




    1 year ago
  • joshua Lee

    just got the lp boys, well done, amazing stuff.

    1 year ago
  • Designer Pilot

    Hi There, We just want to give a big shout out to thank you for adding us!!!! We are Designer Pilot, and would love to get your feedback on our tracks, positive or negative. Have a listen below.
    Thanks Designer Pilot

    2 years ago
  • Jeremy Harrison

    Hi Lions,
    I have this great gig on this Saturday in a candle lit warehouse in Surry Hills and I would love to see you there.
    We are playing as the full 6 piece band with very special guests:  M. J. Woodbridge & Band and Dan Shepherd.
    It is a beautiful room with bay windows looking out over the inner city. 
    342 Elizabeth Street.  Follow the signs in the door and up the lift.
    B.Y.O. only, $10 on the door, 8PM to midnight.

    All the best,

    Jeremy Harrison

    PS: I saw you guys at the theatre in Sydney a while ago, I loved it very much!

     

    2 years ago
  • weather spoon

    thanks for the add!


    your music is amazing!
    I'd love to see your gig in Japan.

    2 years ago
  • Blue Sky Pilot

    Hello friend. Sup?
    How are you enjoying the two tracks I have on my space?
    If you haven't heard them yet please give them a listen and let me know what you think.
    I have started recording my new DIY Cd that I really can’t wait to share with you all. So stay tuned.

    I try to reply to as many of my comments and messages as I can and now you can also follow me on twitter.

    Follow me on Twitter.
    @Blueskyryan

    Ryan E.
    Peace

    2 years ago
  • Revglow

    hi! thanks for adding revglow!
    cheers :)

    f&ly

    2 years ago
  • New Strange Horizon

    Thanks for the add - love 'Separated'!!
    Cheers
    Gen / NSH

    2 years ago
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General Info

  • Genre: Indie

    Location Melbourne / Sydney, AU

    Profile Views: 58130

    Last Login: 2/20/2012

    Member Since 3/17/2009

    Website parallellions.com

    Record Label Bird Music / Shock

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Parallel Lions is the result of a collaboration between Art of Fighting front man Ollie Browne, composer/sound designer Hamish Michael, and jazz drummer Sam Bates. Formed in late-2008, the band, a new vehicle for Browne's ARIA award winning song-writing, aims to take the basis of what made Art Of Fighting popular; texture, melody and a sense of reflective melancholy, and update it for the late zeroes and beyond. An emphasis on movement and rhythm, a fresh production approach, and collaboration with musicians from outside of his musical peer group has allowed Browne and Parallel Lions to reach beyond the more classic guitar band sound Art Of Fighting have found success in. Parallel Lions debut album features 11 songs of forward thinking, modern guitar-based music. From the elegant, orchestral 'Taste of Your Heart', to the marching, breezy pop of 'Telephone Line', to the latin fused outburst of 'For You', the band's philosophy is to create coherent and memorable music via unconventional avenues. Three of the album's tracks feature string sections scored by Melbourne jazz trumpeter Eugene Ball and recorded by the Silo Quartet. The recording was engineered and mixed by Sydney producer Tim Whitten (Clouds, Crow, The Necks, Powderfinger, Augie March) at Birdland and Newmarket studios May-June '09 with the financial assistance of Vic Rocks September '08 funding round.

  • Members

    Ollie Browne, Hamish Michael, Sam Bates

  • Influences

  • Sounds Like

Top Friends (20)

Parallel Lions has 602 friends.
  1. Zeal
  2. Tobias Cummings
  3. art of fighting
  4. Tom Budge Band
  5. Single Twin
  6. crayon fields
  7. Paul Dempsey
  8. Clare Bowditch
  9. Rhodesia
  10. Hamish Michael
  11. WASHINGTON
  12. Little Red
  13. The Fallen Gentry
  14. Dirty Three
  15. Architecture in Helsinki
  16. SubAudible Hum
  17. WILCO
  18. Grizzly Bear
  19. Efterklang
  20. the middle east

The Information

For bookings and management, please contact Tom Lang at International Music Concepts:

email: tom@imcmusic.net
web: www.imcmusic.net




Parallel Lions - Holding Patterns
Released Oct 30 2009 via iTunes & stores.


You can buy the CD here:




About Holding Patterns:

"One of the best Australian releases of the year" - Beat Magazine


"A plethora of incredible songs" - Mess+Noise


"Irresistible rhythmic and melodic hooks... beautifully crafted imagery" ★★★★ - The Brag


"Parallel Lions is a good move" ★★★☆ - JMag


"A moody, private and intense debut" - The Drum Media


"A propulsive yet still vividly romantic affair" - thevine.com.au


"Predictably spectacular" - Time Off Magazine



Holding Patterns has been the Feature Album on:

thevine.com.au, Oct 30 - Nov 18, 2009

ABC 702 (NSW), week commencing Nov 16, 2009

ABC Dig Music, November, 2009



Here's what The Vine had to say after our Release Eve Recital:


"We finally saw the band live last night at a little pre-release show in Melbourne. It's invigorating to hear Browne's voice again, not to mention the unmistakeable songcraft that he's been pretty much nailing since the get-go. Flanked now by Hamish Michael on guitars, keys, weird sounds, comedic sparring and lots of backing vocals, it's his input that most sets the band apart from what's come before. Not to mention there being no bass guitar. The effect is a more skittery experience, not as maudlin as AOF and with perhaps more avenues to explore in future. Some of the tougher guitar interplay with drummer Sam Bates recalls Chicago post-rock dudes like Sea & Cake and Karate; all in all a propulsive yet still vividly romantic affair."




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